Health News: [heart]

To Your Health: VAD therapy can improve lives for those with heart failure The Ambler Gazette Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:53 PM PST Heart disease is not new to Peter Behrig. For more than two decades, the 61-year-old Southampton man has been treated for congestive heart failure, a condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood to the rest of the body. New CPR technique saves more in the Tri-Cities KEPR Pasco Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:52 PM PST A heart attack can strike when you least expect and EMT's are trained to handle the impossible. Canada’s murky legal world of surrogate-consultants and human-egg buyers National Post Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:51 PM PST A rare RCMP has put the spotlight on the surrogate-consultant market, commercial enterprises at the heart of a process that, officially at least, is not supposed to treat the ingredients of human reproduction as commodities American Diabetes Association offers free health screenings at Saturday expo in downtown LA KPCC Pasadena Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:42 PM PST File: Natalia Toledo, 11, left, and her cousin Shayla Toledo, 7, both of Boston, talk with Boston Celtics player Walter McCarty inside a model heart, part of the "Step into Heart Health" exhibit at the American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Expo, Saturday, March 27, 2004, in Boston. Effort to put marijuana legalization measure on ballot is in disarray Los Angeles Times Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:38 PM PST After Proposition 19 received 46% of the vote in 2010, proponents took heart. They vowed to put a measure to fully legalize marijuana on the 2012 ballot. Instead, four camps vie for funding. Just weeks before the deadline for state ballot initiatives, the effort to put a marijuana legalization measure before voters in the general election is in disarray as the federal government cracks down on ... Examining the Science Behind Resveratrol and Cardio Protecting the Heart Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! News Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:20 PM PST According to the Cedars-Sinai website, approximately 1.1 million people experience a heart attack each year. Also known as a myocardial infarction, this medical event cuts off the blood supply to the heart, resulting in damage to the heart muscle. Commonly recommended ways to lower heart attack risk include weight loss, daily exercise and reducing bad cholesterol. Daylight saving causing health concerns WWLP Springfield Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:56 PM PST Clocks turn ahead one hour as daylight saving time begins in March, but new research suggests this simple thing could put your heart health at risk. Man who has run in every River Run will tread lightly after suffering heart attack The Florida Times-Union Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:44 PM PST Rick Meyers will run his 35th consecutive River Run on Saturday --- despite suffering a heart attack last year. The 62-year-old mail carrier is one of 43 Gate River Run "Streakers," who have completed all 34 previous races. Ambulance delayed as doctor looked for her scarf, inquiry told The Irish Times Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:42 PM PST THE FAMILY of a woman who had just had a heart attack said a doctor delayed an ambulance carrying their mother because the doctor was looking for her scarf, a Medical Council hearing was told. Davey Jones dead Gather Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:42 PM PST The Associated Press and TMZ annouced that Davy Jones -- lead singer of The Monkees -- has died from an apparent heart attack. An official from the medical examiner's office for Martin County, Florida, . . .

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